RH
decided to write her family story when she read in Holinshed
a mention of her father's exploit in the quarrel between Henry VIII
and the Pope
, and thought her children would appreciate knowing...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Rose Hickman
RH
situates her own story within that of her family, and sets the family story in the context of the clash between the reformed and traditional systems of Christianity. She opens with Of My Father...
Timeline
8 February 1534: Catherine of Aragon wrote a letter to the...
National or international item
8 February 1534
Catherine of Aragon
wrote a letter to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
(her nephew), seeking to enlist the support of Pope Clement VII
against her husband
's attempts to have their marriage annulled.
Sotheby’s. http://www.sothebys.com.
“Sotheby’s to auction letter from Catherine of Aragon, first wife of Henry VIII”. CBC Diversions, 24 Oct. 2006.
Duffy, Eamon. “The Unlikeliest Loophold”. London Review of Books, Vol.
33
, No. 15, 28 July 2011, pp. 17-18.
17-18
November 1534: The Act of Supremacy declared the monarch,...
National or international item
November 1534
The Act of Supremacy declared the monarch, not the Pope
, head of the Church of England.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2024.
4: 312
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
245-7
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
